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thoroughbred


adjective

  1. of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to the Thoroughbred breed of horses.
  3. (of a person) having good breeding or education.

noun

  1. (initial capital letter) one of a breed of horses, to which all racehorses belong, originally developed in England by crossing Arabian stallions with European mares.
  2. a thoroughbred animal.
  3. a well-bred or well-educated person.

adjective

  1. purebred

noun

  1. a pedigree animal; purebred
  2. a person regarded as being of good breeding

noun

  1. a British breed of horse the ancestry of which can be traced to English mares and Arab sires; most often used as a racehorse

adj.1701, of persons, “thoroughly accomplished,” from thorough + past tense of breed. In the horse sense of “of pure breed or stock” it dates from 1796; the noun is first recorded 1842.

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